Features of the historical development of the concept "qut"

Modern linguistics, based on the principle of anthropological studies, formed the theory of the unity of "man and language". In anthropological studies the language is understood not only as a "means of communication between people", but also as a means of formation of worldview and world knowledge of a people, information connections, interpersonal and social relations, as a collector of the centuries-old experience of an ethnic group, social knowledge and as an ethno-cultural phenomenon passing them on to future generations. Thus, the study of these cognitive units in the Turkic languages contributes to the determination of historically spiritual and cultural values and their actual meanings. One of these cognitive units represented in the Kazakh worldview is the notion "qut". When analyzing the complex structure of meanings of the word it is important to consider such internal and external connections as lexical syntagmatics, paradigmatics and epidigmatics. The views of the Kazakh people invested in the concept "qut" are impossible to fully disclose without a cognitive method. The "qut" lexeme, which has a deep cognitive meaning, is a linguistic unit linking the modern Turkic languages with its origins because it belongs to the ancient ancestral roots of the word stock. "Qut" in the Kazakh worldview is associated with the concept of the sacred, the holy. In the consciousness of the Kazakh the happiness and unity of family is associated with a woman, so big families living in abundance and prosperity are called цут цонган. One of the deep-seated meanings in the language of the "qut" lexeme is "to be a support, a refuge". For example, when a young daughter comes into the house for the first time, they said ";адамыц кугты болсын" [your coming be happy], wishing her to become a support for the family and bring "qut" [well-being]. Also, in case of a happy event in the family the Kazakhs use the following greeting settled phrase "кугты болсын" [be well]. The Kazakh wish цутты болсын! means that any happy event is accomplished thanks to the support of Heaven, the will of God, and the wish that it would last for a long time. The "qut" concept is a complex structure with its macrosystem associated with the idea of Tengrianism. The sacred concept "qut" among the ancient Turks was a substance that not only brought the power of life, wealth, prosperity, honor, and glory to people, but also represented the patron of the four kinds of animals, plants. This applies particularly to the female principle, which ensures the continuation of life, the continuity of generations. The sacred concept "qut" in the worldview of the Turkic peoples, rooted in the depths of archeconsciousness, archaic system of values, passed through the common Turkic mythological and linguistic consciousness from generation to generation has become a means of educating humanism, morality, purity. In addition, it is a language representative reflecting in the language the archaic Turkic outlook, manifested as the spiritual and material values of humanity and the universe. Thus, the "qut" concept that had many meanings in the Kazakh worldview and preserved the features of the ancient Turkic mythological thinking got even more development later.

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